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From Senior Minister Donna Schaper It was a long and boring day when Jahsiah Montrevill, age 6, traveled to Washington to visit his family’s congressional representatives, along with his pastor and other members of his congregation, his two sisters, and his mother. His father was in a detention center, about to be deported. Jahsiah was needed to help get him out. One child-friendly congressional aid gave him a rubber ball made of wound rubber bands. He played with it all day, in and out of the congressional offices. On the train on the way home, he engaged his entire car in a game of unwinding the ball to its various parts and then rewinding it back into a ball. Strangers had fun with him and each other. That ball represents our hopes for the globe: that we will come together, let ourselves be changed by each other, recognize our parts, and learn how to both unwind and rewind together into a new wholeness. O God, remind us that we are part of a whole, part of the land of our ancestry and your future, that we are both bordered people and unbordered, national and trans-national, wound and unwound people. Let us be citizens of a globe, where love and respect have just borders. Amen. O Creator, no matter whether our tradition began with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Sara, or Ishmael and Hagar, or the immigrants from Far East, far south, and far north who stood at the manger, or in a manifestation as deep as the heart’s longing for understanding, still, hear our prayer for the displaced and misplaced. We are each hosts and guests, strangers and friends, on an increasingly small globe that has its source in you. Bind us together in the arts of mutual welcome and understanding. Amen. Let us get by through the kindness of strangers, and help us make sure we know who the stranger really is. Teach us to think globally from the safety of our own back yard – so that we may learn to be truly safe. Amen. A pdf version of these prayers - and a litany for use in public prayer - can be found here. 
Associate Minister Michael Ellick, Jean Montrevil, and Senior Minister Donna Schaper, on the day of Montrevil's release from the York, PA, detention center, January 23, 2010. In this season of political whiplash, when everybody seems to be mad at something or somebody far away and high above, we invite you to become more deeply a part of our community. We are sick and tired of being sick and tired and are training our anger toward action. The magnificent release of Jean Montrevil [01/23/10] has surely buoyed our spirits and showed us that common action can have results! Check out the story in The New York Times. There is enormous strength in human community. Come add yours—and receive ours. A church that's a little bit different - and committed to making a difference. This Sunday at Judson - 11:00 a.m. This Thursday at Judson - 7:00 p.m. Wednesdays at Judson If you are searching for a church home, we would love to get to know you. Feel free to contact senior minister Donna Schaper or associate minister Michael Ellick. In the News 
Senior Minister Donna Schaper and Associate Minister Michael Ellick at the January 5 protest outside the Soho ICE detention center. Photos: Janine Menlove (more of Menlove's photo's can be found here) For more information on Jean Montrevil and the New Sanctuary Movement, visit the New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC website Jean Montrevil and Donna Schaper discuss his release from detention with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. The New York Times reports on the release of Jean Montrevil from the York, PA, detension center. The Grey Lady has broken her silence! The New York Times reports on the demonstrations demanding the release of Jean Montrevil from ICE detention. Read it here. A video of the New York Immigration Coalition rally held at Judson on January 13 can be viewed here. A letter from Jean Montrevil, written in the York, PA, detention center, received January 11. A letter from Jean Montrevil, written in the York, PA, detention center, received January 7. Democracy Now featured the Jean Montrevil case on its December 31 program. Watching it by clicking here. NY1's coverage of the January 5 protest demanding the release of Judson congregant Jean Montrevil is available here. A slideshow of photos of the demonstration can be found here. The United Church of Christ reports on the demonstration here. You can also find more coverage of the follow-up to Jean's detention by clicking here, here, and here. Spanish-language reporting can be found here and here. Christmas Rappings and Fox 5 News? Click here. And a few mentions of our 40th anniversary revival of Al Carmines's Christmas Rappings in the New York Times can be found here and here. Check out a piece in The New York Times about Judson's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program (and other services for the newly and not-so-newly poor) by clicking here. Judson was involved in the recent protests surrounding NYU's hosting of Glenn Beck for the taping of his Christmas special. Find out more by clicking here and here.
 New Sanctuary Movement and Make the Road New York Press Conference at Judson Memorial Church (August 25, 2009). Photo: Tom Martinez You can read the New York Times coverage of the conference by clicking here. Click here to get a first-timer's view of a Judson Agape (first Sunday of each month) service. Do you know that senior minister Donna Schaper blogs for The Huffington Post? Because she does. Click here for access to her posts. The Really Really Free Market is now held at Judson, on the last Sunday of each month. Listen to the recent NPR story on this vital resource by clicking here. Then click here to go to the market's Website. Then come and check it out yourself: in the Meeting Room (55 Washington Square South), Sunday, March 28, from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. It's free! Really! Familiar with the important work of FIERCE? Yes or no, check this out. Bleach Kit Work Party
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